![]() ![]() They'll make a few hard runs, and when you think they're spent, they'll run again.”Īrtificial lures will catch gar. When a gar hits, its teeth will entangle in the rope.īill Meyer, founder of GASS, says, “Longnose gar will make tremendous leaps clearing the water. Cast and work the rig slowly back to the boat. Use single-strand stainless wire and haywire twist it tightly to the melted head of the rope, and then a swivel for connecting to the fishing line. A short piece of cheap rope, about six inches long, can be melted at one end to make a solid wad of plastic and then frayed at the other. You might also catch gar with no hooks at all. My best gar fishing results come when I use kahle hooks-they grab into gar beaks and hold on. ![]() Longnose gar are harder to hook, but both spotted and Florida gar hook up fairly well on both single and treble hooks. Gar learn that when anglers clean their catches, a free banquet of fish heads and guts is presented. Possibly the best and easiest specific place to find gar in Florida's lakes and rivers is to find a dock where anglers clean fish. Any place in a river or lake where gar are seen rolling repeatedly is a good place to start a gar hunt conversely, bass fishermen might see those rolling gar as not only a potential nuisance, but a sign to look for more oxygenated waters. The Apalachicola, Ochlocknee, Blackwater, Yellow and Escambia rivers are all prime gar territory. Gar use their air bladders as rudimentary lungs, and they can survive in warm, low-oxygen water that other kinds of fish can't. However, for some fast and fun gar fishing, potential gar anglers might want to journey to the rivers of Panhandle Florida and look for gar as they come to the surface to take breaths of air. Gar range from the Everglades to the Georgia border and west to Alabama. Where to find gar? Might be easier to ask, “Where can we not find gar in Florida?” Anglers are reminded that targeting alligator gar in Florida is not permitted, and any alligator gar caught by any means must be released immediately. The state record for Florida gar is a little over nine pounds, and the much larger longnose gar record is over 40 pounds. Florida gar are found in the Ochlocknee River and east and south in the peninsula.” Remember, in the Apalachicola River and west of there we have spotted gar-not Florida gar. “They are common,” he said, “except for alligator gar, which are very rare compared to the other three species we have: spotted, longnose and Florida gar. It's called GASS (Gar Anglers Sporting Society), and it provides a lot of helpful information for anglers who want to try this gar-fishing thing.Ĭhris Paxton of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says gar species can be found in just about any and every pond, lake and river system in Florida. There's a national anglers' association of dedicated, if light-hearted, gar fishermen. Gar, without their teeth filled snout, are plentiful in Florida lakes and rivers and surprise anglers with their tough battles. By Ed Mashburn Gar won't win any beauty contests, but on light tackle they just might earn your respect. ![]()
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